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Nov 22, 2007

Group gathers strength to fight macular degenerationA group that meets monthly at Humphrey Manor has been a support for women who suffer from macular degeneration.

Darlene Hosner and Lois Johnson started the group 10 years ago because they each had friends who had macular degeneration and wanted to do something for them. Hosner’s mother, aunt and mother-in-law had macular degeneration. “I knew the struggles involved with it,” Hosner said.

Each month, the women meet to learn more about macular degeneration as well as share stories from their childhoods or family traditions. The members are between the ages of 70 and 101. At one meeting, the women learned that eating spinach is good for the eyes, along with vegetables with beta carotene in them, Hosner said. And it is always important to wear sunglasses outside, she added.